What’s an unsung makeup hero? For me, it’s an oftentimes underrated makeup morsel, a permanent collection product that scoots under the radar screen of many makeup lovers but regularly rocks my world. The long-running Unsung Heroes series features some of my favorites.

It’s always getting overshadowed by the flashier shimmery golden pinks in the MAC fam, and it’s true, it isn’t as bright as pink Bombshell or frosty as Sandy B. It’s more of an understated pink with restrained golden shimmer, but that’s why I think it looks pricier than it is (it’s $17.50 but looks like it’s $30), and the secret golden shimmer is the sauce. YSL, Chanel and Guerlain better look out! (You too, Tom Ford!)

The barely-there golden pearl is the best part.

Giddy is a warm-toned pink lemonade (that smells and tastes like trademark MAC vanilla), and it’s close enough to a neutral that cool-toned kittens can still pull it off. It reads like a my-lips-but-better pink nude on my pigmented lips, and I love it for a quick five-minute face with concealer, black liner, mascara, brows, blush and bronzer. It brightens up the place with a kiss of natural color and a subtle sheen.

The perfect pink

It’s a Lustre finish, which is MAC’s line of moisturizing, lightweight creamy lippies, and it doesn’t last as long as a MAC Matte or a Retro Matte. The consistency is thinner than MAC’s longer-wearing lipsticks, and I’ll get about two hours with it, or maybe three, but I’m fine with that, because when I wear this shade, I’m not usually wearing a ton of other makeup or long-wearing products anyway.

MAC Giddy Lipstick

This Giddy lipstick is a crackup in the best possible way. Haha! Sorry… So many puns. 🙂

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It is one of the colors that transform me into Barbie instantly, pinks are incredibly difficult to wear. Only the deep, almost fuchsia ones are the ones I feel comfortable in.Linda Libra Loca recently posted … New Years Resolutions 2018

I keep testing all the pinks that come my way to find the ones that work. A very wise woman (you) told me years ago that there is a pink for everyone!Linda Libra Loca recently posted … New Years Resolutions 2018

I’ll give it a try but I think even nudes look bad on me. Maybe I’m just too stuck in the 90s but the brownish berries always seem the nicest. But I will try it – honest. I did try the tangerine when that was a thing (2 years ago)? It’s just lipstick, right?! 🙂

This pink suits you beautifully! I may be alone in this, but Lustre is my fave MAC formula. Hug Me and Syrup are such perfect and easy purse staples. My other formulas just sit in my collection and get no love.